John Ajvide Lindqvist Sweden
Swedish author, born 1968, grew up in Blackeberg, a suburb to Stockholm. He wanted to become something awful and fantastic. First he became a conjurer and came in second at the Nordic Card Trick Championship. Then he was a stand-up comedian for twelve years. John Ajvide Lindqvist has written great parts of the tv series Reuter & Skoog as well as stage plays and tv drama.
New title for 2011:
Låt de gamla drömmarna dö
(Let the Old Dreams Die)
Ordfront, Stockholm, 2011
In Låt de gamla drömmarna dö (Let the Old Dreams Die) John Ajvide Lindqvist has gathered different texts written over a long period of time. In this collection we find everything from sought after short stories, sketchy writings and causeries to reviews. In this collection we also find the short story that lends its name to this book and we get the answer as to what happened to Oscar and Eli after they got off the train at the end of Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In). Some of the texts have been published previously, amongst others the serial Tindalos and the novella Ansiktsburk, whereas others have been been newly written or only performed on stage. All stories are introduced by a specially written preface.
This is a book for those who wish to read everything, for those readers who want to know the final outcome and for those who wish to spend a few hours in frightening and fascinating world of John Ajvide Lindqvist.
Rights sold:
Norway: Cappelen Damm
Lilla stjärna
(Little Star)
Ordfront, Stockholm, 2010
A scream, a perfectly picthed E is heard in the woods.
Whilst out mushrooming, has-been Swedish popsinger, Lennart, makes an unpleasant discovery. He finds a lifeless infant in a plastic bag. The baby is resuscitated and turns out to have a beautiful and rare voice. Lennart takes her home and decides that she must remain untouched, undisturbed. Locked up in the basement, the girl Teres, must represent pure music and the purpose of his life.
At the same time another young girl grows up in a small village in another part of Sweden. Teresa finds it difficult to make friends and her only way to escape loneliness is via the internet. One day she sees a girl who calls herself Tora Larsson on the Swedish version of pop-idol and is immediately transfixed by her. Teresa tries to get in touch and it turns out to be Teres who has performed under a false name. The girls become inseparable and start making music together. They get a myspace hit and slowly their relationship changes. Teres starts seeing other girls who have seen her in the video.
Soon the girls gather outside the fence at Skansen, the local stage. Teres is the focal point, the girl they all worship, their idol. The group start seeing themselves as a pack of wolves and display wolflike behaviour.
Little Star is a story about a supernatural voice, about idolisation and where it can lead when the idol has an ulterior motive.
In Little Star John Ajvide Linqvist reintroduces horror in everyday Sweden and between bloody scenes and high pitched notes it is the failure of the adults and the fraigility of the young that are reflected in the story. It is his darkest book so far and both fans of John Ajvide and lovers of community singing at Skansen: please be warned!
Rights sold:
Norway: Cappelen Damm
Germany: Lübbe
Italy: Marsilio
Australia and New Zealand: Text
United Kingdom: Quercus
United States: St. Martin's Press
Finland: Gummerus
Denmark: Rosinante & Co.
Taiwan: Locus Publishing Company
Netherlands: A.W. Bruna Uitgevers
Människohamn
(Human Habour)
Ordfront, Stockholm, 2008
Rights sold
Norway: Cappelen Damm
Germany: Lübbe
Italy: Marsilio Editori
Spain: Espasa Calpe
Netherlands: Signatuur/A.W.Bruna
Finland: Gummerus
ANZ: Text Publishing
UK: Quercus
USA: St. Martin’s Press
Denmark: Rosinante & Co
Korea: Munhakdongne
France: Editions Télémaque
Russia: Azbooka
Brasil: Alaúde
to be filmed by Tomas Alfredsson
Pappersväggar
(Paper Walls)
Ordfront, Stockholm, 2006
Rights sold:
Norway: Damm
Germany: Lübbe
Italy: Marsilio
USA: St. Martin’s Press/Thomas Dunne Books
Hanteringen av odöda
(The Handling of the Undead)
Ordfront, Stockholm, 2005
Rights sold:
Norway: Damm & Søn 2006
Germany: Lübbe - Fall 2008
Italy: Marsilio
Netherlands: Signature
Italy: Marsilio
Russia: Fluid - 2007 (cancelled)
Russia new edition: Azbooka-Klassika
ANZ: Text Publishing (world English rights) - March 2009
UK: Quercus
Denmark: Forum
Spain: Espasa Calpe
Poland: Amber
Taiwan (Mandarin): Locus
Korea: Munhakdongne
France: Editions Télémaque
Hungary: Kiadó
USA: St. Martin’s Press
Finland: Gummerus
Brasil: Alaúde
Czech Republic: Argo
Bulgaria: Colibri
Slovakia: Marencin PT
Låt den rätte komma in
(Let the Right One In)
Ordfront, Stockholm, 2004
Lindqvist's international breakthrough and bestseller with rights sold to more than 30 countries. The film Let the Right One In was directed by Thomas Alfredsson (winner of Best Swedish Film Award). Winnner of the Tribeca Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature 2008 + 15 other festival prizes*) The film has been sold to 50 countries and there will be a US re-adaptment by Hammer Films and Spitfire Pictures, director: Matt Reeves. Film release January 2010. The film has received great international acclaim and been awarded a long list of prizes:
- Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature at Tribeca, NYC
- Nordic Film Prize and Kodak Nordic Vision Award at the Gothenburg Filmfestival
- The Silver Méliès Price for Best European Fantasy Feature and Jury Special Mention at Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival, Switzerland
- Best Film, Best Director, Best Photography and Best European/American Film at FantAsia Film Festival, Montreal
- Metro Critics Award NatFilm Festival, Copenhagen
- Best director and Citizen's Choice Award at Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, South Korea
- Audience Award – Best Feature Film at Dead Channels San Francisco Festival of Fantastic Film
- Rotten Tomatoes Critical Consensus Award at Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Best Horror Feature at Fantastic Fest 2008, Austin Texas
- Audience Award for best Feature, Woodstock Film Festival
- Best International Feature, Calgary International Film Festival
- Golden Méliès for Best Fantasy Genre Motion Picture at Sitges, Spain